Tension ran high in the Baleswar District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here on Saturday after a woman patient died following a surgery. The relatives of the deceased alleged that the death was due to negligence in treatment. The hospital work was stalled for some period.
Ramani Pradhan (42), wife of Gourang Pradhan and mother of four children belonging to village Bishnupur under the Khaira police station had been admitted in the hospital on Thursday after complaint of pain. The doctor on duty detected a tumour in her and carried out the surgery on Friday afternoon. Subsequently, she died on Saturday forenoon.The hospital authorities, however, said the death occurred due to cardiac arrest.
In another incident, a similar kind of tension was witnessed at the Basta Government hospital following the death of one Chittaranjan Jena (30) of Baramadia of Sadanadpur GP under Basta block.
The patient while undergoing treatment for anaemic reason died on Saturday soon after administration of a unit of blood, AB positive, which was brought from the DHH, Baleswar.
The relatives of the deceased alleged that there was a mismatch in the blood group which resulted in death of the patient within three to four minutes after the blood transfusion. A complaint was made at the Basta police station by them in this regard.